Konstantin Mühlberg · 24. Okt. 2026

Stay out: a good life has to be real

3 Begründungen2 Quellen

Was diese Position vorschlägt

A good life includes actually doing things, real relationships and contact with reality, which no simulation can provide however good it feels.

Begründungen

1.
We don't just want to feel like we did something; we want to actually do it.
Someone in the machine hasn't written a novel or helped anyone, however it seems to them.^[1]
1. Quelle 1: Wikipedia: Experience machine · en.wikipedia.orgOriginal öffnen
- Stützt
  Philosophers overwhelmingly agree they wouldn't plug in.^[1]
  1. Quelle 1: PhilPapers Survey 2020: results for all respondents · survey2020.philpeople.orgOriginal öffnen
2.
Plugging in means abandoning everyone who depends on you.
Even if your experiences were perfect, the real people you leave behind would be worse off.
Ohne Quelle
Einwände
- Plug in: a life that feels perfect is perfect · Lässt etwas weg · Ohne Quelle
  That's a point about other people, not about whether the life inside is good for you. Imagine everyone you care about plugs in too.
3.
Endless streams of tailored content, VR and AI companions already offer a weaker version of the machine, and people who spend their lives in them don't look like they're flourishing.
Ohne QuelleQuelle angefragt von 1 Person
Einwände
- Plug in: a life that feels perfect is perfect · Folgt nicht daraus · Ohne Quelle
  Today's feeds make people anxious and unhappy. That's a reason they are bad machines, not a reason a perfect one would be bad.

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